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UNITED STATES 4PATENT OFFICE.'

lFRANCIS BILLINGHAM', OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

'LAM Pf SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patent No. 534,544, datedFebruary 19, 1895.

Application filed April 14,1888. Serial No. 270.654. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern a certain new and useful Improvement in.'

Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

Myginvention relates to lamps, and has for its object providing a side,or bracket lamp,}

provided with convenient means for securing it in place, and which meanswill serve as a conduit for either oil, gas or electric cond uctors, andalso to hold the canopy, or the metallic top parts, as well as the globeor shade holder, or bottom parts, in their respective places independentof the globe, so that if the globe or shade were to break or fall away,the metallic parts would be retained in their respective places, thusmaking a frame of supporting posts unnecessary.

My invention consists in the combination with a lamp, and thearrangement of a hollow arm, or bracket, one end of which is rmlyattached to the metallic parts below the globe,

and the other end detachably attached to the metallic parts above theglobe, and which serve as a conduit for either gas, oil or electricconductors, whichever it is desired to use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of my improveddevice. Fig. 2 is a section of my invention. Fig. 3 is a detailedperspective of bracket support.

AV two -armed hollow bracket -A-A, somewhat in the form of a reversedletter G is provided near its center with a reinforcing ferrule or jointctfrom which a short hollow shank -bextends, and which is adapted forbeing firmly secured to a vertical wall or other support, either by ascrew socket that will engage with a nipple of a gas pipe, or by asuitable flange as -B-, which may be fastened to the wall by ordinaryscrews.

I make the shank-b-^and the arms ofthe bracket hollow, so as to adaptthem as the conduits for gas, electric conductors, or oil, whichever maybe desired for producing light.

The lower arm -A-,of the bracket, which is provided with a suitable keycock -H is extended and curved so as to reach a central point underneaththe lamp, and is there attached in any suitable manner to the center-O-,from which radial arms -cextend to a supporting ring or globe holder-D-, which is provided with suitable set screws fffor securing the globe-F-in place.

The upper arm -A of the bracket is extended and curved so as to reachthe periphery of the metallic ring band-Q terminating there in twolateral flanges -e-, which are detachably secured to the ringband -G- byscrew bolts -g-, in the manner as shown, so as to bring the saidbandvertically over the globe supporting ring -D-. This ringband--G- isprovided with ashort cylindrical neck, extending upward; over which isslipped the funnel -E, and over the funnelV-E- a canopy or smokedeliector I- is held in place by supporting bars -t' t-z all metallicparts above the globe being held in place securely bythe upper arm A ofthe bracket, and all metallic parts below by means of the lower arm A ofthe bracket. Other means of supporting the same are renderedunnecessary; and the globe --F-Y is held in place by the joint action ofthe supporting ring -D- rand ring band -G-.

The end of the lower arm Aot' the bracket after it passes through thecenter -O-, is screw threaded and adapted for the connection of eitheran oil, or gas burner, or an incandescent electric lamp.

The hollow of the upper arm of the bracket -A is closed at its top end,and is made to serve as an expanding or pressure equalizing chamber, butthe hollow of the lower arm -A- and the shank -bare open throughout andcommunicate with the connections for which they are adapted, so as toserve as a conduit.

It an incandescent lamp is used, the conducting wires are threadedthrough the bracket-which `completely conceals them. lt then is screwedtoits support and the connections of the wires made to the incandescentlamp, which in turn is screwed in place. The ring band -G- is detachedand the globe set in place in the supporting ring D. Then the ring band-G- on the top rim of the globe is secured to the upper arm of thebracket by the screw bolts -g g-.

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position there by the small set screws.

If an oilor gas burner is used, it and the globe may be rst fixed inplace, then the bracket screwed to its support.

From the foregoing it will be readily understood that the lamp globe hasthe upper band secured thereto, and this baud is perforated so that theset screws in the upper portion of the bracket will screw into saidperforation in the band and hold the globe against displacement at thetop. The bottom of the globe is secured in position by resting on thelower ring on the bracket, and it is held in To remove theglobe the setscrews around the bottom of the globe are unscrewed and the screws inthe upper portion of the bracket are unscrewed until the baud around theupper portion of the globe is disengaged from the bracket support. Thenthe globe and the upper metallic band may be readily taken out andcleaned and put back.

I do not claim broadly a bracket forming the sole and separate supportof the upper and lower parts of a lamp, as Iam aware that solidsupportingr brackets have been used for that single purpose heretofore.

Vhat I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Alamp-shade holdercomprisingabracket with upward and downwardextending rigid arms, a support for the shade or globe on the lower arm,and a band or ring, to receive and hold the top of said shade or globe,detachably' secured to the upper arm,substantially 5 as shown anddescribed.

2. A lamp-shade holder comprising a bracket having a horizontal hollowarm adapted to be attached to a wall or support, and upward and downwardprojecting rigid and hollow arms, a support for the shade or globe onthe lower arm,*and a ring or band, to receive and hold the top of saidshade or globe, detachably secured to the upper arm, substantially asshown and described.

3. A lamp shade holder comprising a bracket having a horizontal armadapted to be secured to a wall or support, with upward and downwardprojecting rigid arms, a support for the shade or globe on the lowerarm, and a ring or band, to receive and hold the top of said shade orglobe, detachably secured to the upper arm, the said horizontal andlower arms being hollow to form a continuous passage, substantially asshown and described.

4. In a bracket lamp the combination of a bracket comprising ahorizontal arm, adapted to be attached to a wall or support, and upwardand downward projecting rigid arms,a support for the shade or globe onthe lower arm, a shade or globe on said support, and a ring or band, toreceive and hold the top of said shade or globe, detachably secured tothe upper arm, substantially as shown and described. e

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 27th day of January, 1888.

FRANCIS BILLlNGl-IAM. Witnesses:

ELLIOTT G. ALBEE, CHARLES W. TERWILLIGER.

